Down Mulberry Lane

Tried another new recipe...

Sweet Potato Quesadillas.   I got the recipe from Angela and I thought they were really good.  A bit spicy, but not too bad.  I actually reduced the spices a bit and was fine with the taste.  I just know I couldn't have done all that chili powder!  LOL.  But, they were good, I really liked them.  (We substituted cheesey sauce for cheese).

However... I had two daughters try them... and one spit it out.  I had another two refuse to try them.  My husband said they were good, but would have like them with real cheese (I used a cashew sauce).  I didn't see anything wrong with them and we eat fried sweet potato slices all the time... ???  I served them with our homemade tacos and everyone LOVES those homemade corn tortillas and perhaps it was just too much food. 

I asked if they would eat them just as a meal and eyebrows raised.  I don't get it because this was actually quite good and I saw nothing wrong with it at all.  I get the feeling sometimes that they are ganging up to veto foods so that I will just give up. 

A funny, we're out of the colby-jack cheese that they love and use on everything.  We ran out last week and I had already said that we wouldn't buy more food until payday.  I can make a cheesey sauce and I wasn't that worried... they eat it at potlucks at church, so I figured we'd be fine.  But they got some pizza cheese... mozzarella/provolone/ and cheddar cheese mix that they put onto their tacos... (it was in the freezer).  I figured they have got to be desperate... , but not desperate enough to give into eating more healthy. *sigh*

I really don't think they are out to veto things, but they are holding my trials up to a higher standard, meaning it needs to taste as good as Thanksgiving dinner, in order to join the menu.  Seems a bit unfair and I believe they are missing out on some good food by being so particular.   I'm going to have to just make my own recipe file for me... what I like, because it's beginning to look after 2 months that I will be dining alone.  : (   I just hope my attitude about doing so doesn't bring me down.  I feel so much better not eating dairy... I'm less sore, less tired, I have clearer thinking... and less grumpy days.  Plus my health will be much better as well... heart disease is a huge factor in each side of my family and I just don't want to be another statistic. 

I have to remind myself daily that this IS worth it!  

Warmly, ~Melissa 

Don't give up

8:13 AM, November 21, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

Melissa, I just wanted to encourage you. Your family will more than likely slowly come around. I just keep introducing healthier items and eventually their tastebuds start to change. The more they try them the more they like it. Tastebuds do change over time. I do have a son who loves his cheese though and I do let him have it when we are out or on very rare occassions.

The best store bought vegan cheese I have found is the Follow Your Heart brand. My guess though in the middle of farm country it would be hard to find in your grocery stores. Here is their website. http://store.followyourheart.com/product-p/53010.htm However it looks like shipping may be kind of high.

Anyway, I enjoy reading your blog and your comments on AHE. Don't give up even baby steps are steps forward.

Lisa Gano
mfgano@yahoo.com